Last week (yes, thanks so much for all the notice!), Sam's teacher sent home a note asking them to bring a project made up of 100 items to celebrate the 100th day of school. Now I know that the hundredth day of school is a big deal in The States but it basically goes unnoticed here. Except for last week...
So at first Sam decided he want to build a structure out of 100 pieces of Lego. Easy and done!
Then he changed his mind. Gah.
Then he wanted to glue 100 chocolate chips to a piece of paper for "dirt" and draw a worm. I'm still not convinced he didn't get this idea from someone else. Also, I didn't like the idea of wasting food, and we couldn't figure out how to glue the chocolate chips to the paper. I didn't think white glue would hold them and if I used my glue gun, we'd basically have chocolate fondue -- with glue mixed in. Awesome.
Then Sam decided he wanted to do something with baseball cards, Dave remembered
this pin, we made a baseball diamond out of cardboard, and volia! The most epic 100 days of school project was complete.
Now we just have to transport it to school...
I wouldn't say it goes unnoticed in Canadian schools. My son who is going to be 21 in March celebrated 100 days of school every year. For the most part the projects were done at school.
ReplyDeleteHi Laura -- I never celebrated it growing up and I haven't heard my friends talk about it in recent years. However I had a meeting this morning and one of the people remembered having to bring in 100 objects every year.
DeleteIt makes sense that the projects would be done at school. My daughter's class was putting a 100 piece puzzle together all year.
I agree - we never did anything when I was at school and it was new to me when my son started doing it. What exactly is the significance of 100 days of school anyway? I went to school in Northern Ontario but my son went to school here in Ottawa. Maybe it is a regional thing?
DeleteI think the significance is that the kids (and more, the teachers!) have survived 100 days. Other than that, I really can't figure it out. I think halfway through the year is about 88 days, but it's possible that "Halfway Through The Year Day" doesn't have the same ring :)
DeleteI've never heard of 100 days of school celebration but now I'm dreading when I have to work on some made-up project for it. Ughhh.
ReplyDeleteWe totally did the 100 days thing in grade 1 and 2. It's where I learned that most 100 piece puzzles don't actually have 100 pieces! haha
ReplyDeleteThat's really funny! Rachel's class did a 100 piece puzzle for their project. I think they put a new piece on every day. I'll have to ask if it actually had 100 pieces!
DeleteIf you all happen to walk to school that day, you are going to get some strange looks. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! It is a relatively new thing here, I think. We never did it growing up, but I see it on all my friends' pictures now.
ReplyDeleteGood job on your project!
Great job! Instead of doing a project this year, Addi had to dress up like a 100 year-old. She was pretty cute!
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